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        • Political prisonsers Mariya Kalesnikava, Viktar Barbaryka (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)) and Ales Bialiatski (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)On political prisoners in Belarus
        • Screenshot of the website of the International Holocaust Remembrance AllianceResponse to the Address of the President of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
        • A woman stops to look at Ukrainian flags placed in memory of those killed during the war, near Maidan Square in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine
        • Margareta Cederfelt, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, addressing the OSCE Permanent Council meeting on January 26, 2023.Response to the Address of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President
      • Ukraine Crisis
        • A woman stops to look at Ukrainian flags placed in memory of those killed during the war, near Maidan Square in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine
        • Margareta Cederfelt, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, addressing the OSCE Permanent Council meeting on January 26, 2023.Response to the Address of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President
        • A relative of the couple, Maksym and Nataliia Shvets, who died under the rubble after Russia hit their apartment block with a missile, cries on one of the coffins during a funeral service in Dnipro, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The death toll from the weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building, which triggered outrage, has climbed to 45. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine
        • Rescue workers clear the rubble from an apartment building that was destroyed in a Russian rocket attack at a residential neighbourhood in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation: Opening Statement
      • Human Rights
        • Political prisonsers Mariya Kalesnikava, Viktar Barbaryka (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)) and Ales Bialiatski (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)On political prisoners in Belarus
        • Iceland's Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland, H.E. Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
        • Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan to the OSCE Permanent Council.Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan
        • My project-1 (21)Russia’s Move Against the Moscow Helsinki Group Further Isolates It and Injures Its Own People
      • Economic and Environmental Activities
        • Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting,Opening Statement at the OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting
        • 2022 OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum PragueClosing Statement at the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum Concluding Meeting in Prague
        • Economic and Environmental Forum (OSCE)The Role of the Economic and Environmental Forum in Advancing Dialogue and Co-operation in the Second Dimension
        • This year marks the 30th anniversary of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum (EEF)Opening Statement at the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum Concluding Meeting in Prague
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        • Participants of the 2022 @OSCE - @unodavienna Scholarship for Peace and Security Training Programme in front of the OSCE Participating States flagsOSCE – UNODA Scholarship for Peace and Security Vienna Seminar Opening Session Welcome Remarks
        • Joint Statement on the OSCE’s role in supporting security sector governance and reform, OSCE MCJoint Statement on OSCE’s Role in Supporting Security Sector Governance and Reform as part of OSCE’s Comprehensive Approach to Security | OSCE MC
        • Joint Statement on Small Arms Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition, OSCE MCJoint Statement on Small Arms Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition | OSCE Ministerial Council
        • Joint Statement on the Vienna Document 2021, OSCE MCJoint Statement on the Vienna Document | OSCE Ministerial Council
The 29th OSCE Ministerial Council

The 29th OSCE Ministerial Council

On December 1-2, 2022, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Poland will host the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council in Łódź. Learn more about the 29th Ministerial Council >>

Warsaw Human Dimension Conference

Warsaw Human Dimension Conference

The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, held from Sept. 26 to Oct. 7, will provide a forum for governments and civil society to review participating States' compliance with their OSCE human rights commitments.

Russia’s Ongoing Violations in Ukraine

Russia’s Ongoing Violations in Ukraine

The current U.S. statement delivered at the Permanent Council details ongoing violations of international law and defiance of OSCE Principles and Commitments by the Russian Federation in Ukraine

Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Belarus

Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Belarus

The Lukashenka regime must end its irresponsible international behavior and its internal campaign of repression against the people of Belarus.

The High-Level Inauguration Meeting of the Renewed OSCE European Security Dialogue

The High-Level Inauguration Meeting of the Renewed OSCE European Security Dialogue

As delivered by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman

  
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Political prisonsers Mariya Kalesnikava, Viktar Barbaryka (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)) and Ales Bialiatski (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

On political prisoners in Belarus

26 January, 2023 | Civil Society and NGOs, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Statements

The number of political prisoners in Belarus continues to grow and now numbers well over 1,400.

Screenshot of the website of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Response to the Address of the President of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

26 January, 2023 | Statements, Tolerance and Non-discrimination

Every single one of the millions murdered was a human being who had a story, a family, a life.  And so did the millions more…

A woman stops to look at Ukrainian flags placed in memory of those killed during the war, near Maidan Square in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine

26 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

What Russia is trying to do today is quite simply to wipe out the sovereignty of an entire, independent nation. 

Margareta Cederfelt, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, addressing the OSCE Permanent Council meeting on January 26, 2023.

Response to the Address of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President

26 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

We look forward to combining institutional strengths in support of sovereign, independent Ukraine, so that its people can continue on their chosen path of freedom…

A relative of the couple, Maksym and Nataliia Shvets, who died under the rubble after Russia hit their apartment block with a missile, cries on one of the coffins during a funeral service in Dnipro, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The death toll from the weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building, which triggered outrage, has climbed to 45. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)

The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine

19 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

Since we met last week, the Kremlin has continued to inflict on Ukraine the kind of unconscionable violence and destruction that has become its trademark.

Iceland's Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland, H.E. Þórdís Kolbrún R....

19 January, 2023 | Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Statements

We can all see in autocratic Russia’s dangerous behavior how internal repression and external aggression are inextricably linked. 

Rescue workers clear the rubble from an apartment building that was destroyed in a Russian rocket attack at a residential neighbourhood in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

U.S. Statement for the Forum for Security Cooperation: Opening Statement

18 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

In Russia’s world, or should I say the Russkiy Mir, where “might makes right,” there is no room for security or cooperation.

Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan to the OSCE Permanent Council.

Response to the Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan

17 January, 2023 | Human Rights, Statements

The United States, too, is gravely concerned that the Lachin corridor has now been obstructed for more than 30 days, creating critical shortages of food,…

A cupola lies on the ground in front of the Orthodox Church which was destroyed by Russian forces in the recently retaken village of Bogorodychne, Ukraine (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine

13 January, 2023 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

For as long as it takes, literally for as long as it takes, the United States will continue to support Ukraine as it defends itself…

Response to the Address by the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North...

12 January, 2023 | OSCE Institutions, Statements

Russia’s war has “undermined the European security architecture and threatened the peace and stability of the continent and beyond.”

Russia’s Move Against the Moscow Helsinki Group Further Isolates It and Injures Its Own People

22 December, 2022 | Civil Society and NGOs, Human Rights, Statements

The accusations against the Moscow Helsinki Group are only the latest in a long series of efforts by the Kremlin to suppress independent voices of…

Interpretative Statement on the Extension of the OSCE Mission to Moldova

22 December, 2022 | Statements

The Russian delegation’s refusal to provide consensus on the Mission’s standard one-year mandate is contrary to Russia’s commitments to the participating States of the OSCE.

A man carries brushwood for a wood stove to an apartment house basement used as a bomb shelter in Avdiivka Donetsk region, Ukraine.

The Russian Federation’s Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine

22 December, 2022 | Statements, Ukraine Crisis

As is now clear to all, this is an effort by the Russian Federation to weaponize winter, and these salvos again targeted Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.

Flags with the OSCE logo in Russian and English in front of the Hofburg in Vienna. (OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev)

Statement in Connection with the Tense Situation in the Lachin Corridor and Humanitarian Concerns

15 December, 2022 | Statements

The way forward is through negotiations, and the United States stands ready to assist.

Polish soldiers, part of NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR), are parked by the side of a road blocked with heavy vehicles in the village of Rudare, northern Kosovo. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Statement on the Recent Developments in the North of Kosovo

15 December, 2022 | Statements

The United States expresses its deep concern about the current situation in the north of Kosovo. 

An OSCE flag and a gavel before the start of a meeting at the Hofburg in Vienna. (OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev)

Statement on the Report on the Activities of the Chairman-in-Office

15 December, 2022 | Statements

  The United States looks forward to working with the chairmanship and the OSCE to improve security for all people in this region.

OSCE Special Representative on Combating Corruption Anita Ramasastry delivering her report to the Permanent Council. (© Polish OSCE Chairmanship 2022)

Response to the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Corruption Anita Ramasastry

15 December, 2022 | Anti-corruption, Statements

In this interconnected global system, no country can fight corruption alone.

Joint Statement On Human Rights in Russia

15 December, 2022 | Human Rights, Statements

Russia cannot dispense with its international obligations by violating them.

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